"Last week, in the same spirit of information freedom that inspired Wiktenauer's creation, I released a free ebook version of The Recital of the Chivalric Art of Fencing of the Grand Master Johannes Liechtenauer, one of the two books produced as part of the 2015 Wiktenauer Fundraising Drive. Today, I give you the second: The Flower of Battle of Master Fiore Friulano de’i Liberi.

"As before, the translations have been updated with changes made by my translators since the book went to print (including heavy edits to the Florius), various typos and formatting errors have been corrected, and the images have been compressed to reduce the size of the file and make it more portable—you won't notice that on your screen, but it does mean that the PDF won't print out at nearly the same quality as the Wiktenauer books (though those are still available at present through the Indiegogo page for anyone who wants to make a late donation)."

When I was a fighting-man, the kettle-drums they beat,The people scattered gold-dust before my horses feet;But now I am a great king, the people hound my trackWith poison in my wine-cup, and daggers at my back.